Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacteria from the family of Xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated soil in Volgograd in Russia.^[1][4][3][5] Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus can use dichloromethane, methanol, formate and formaldehyde for its metabolism.^[5]

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Xanthobacteraceae
Genus:	Ancylobacter
Species:	A. dichloromethanicus
Binomial name
Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus Firsova et al. 2010[1]
Type strain
DM16, DSM 21507, VKM B-2484[2]
Synonyms
Ancylobacter dichloromethanicum[3]